Buenos Aires

After leaving Montevideo I spent some time in Colonia de Santiago, Uruguay before crossing the river to Buenos Aires.  You can find some of the pictures in my photo albulm.  I was lucky enough to be on the same bus as some of the people who I had met at my hostel the night before.  We all ended up hanging out that day in Colonia and becoming good friends.  Colonia is a rather historic city on the banks of the river separating Argentina and Uruguay.  Think cobblestone streets and rustic spanish architecture.  After about 5 hours or so I parted ways with my new friends and took the ferry over to Buenos Aires.

Upon ariving in Buenos Aires (BA) I was in a rather difficult situation...I had no Argentinan pesos, no did I have a hostel reserved.  I managed to split a taxi with a guy to the Microcenter where there were lots of hostels, giving him a few USD for the ride.  After getting dropped off in an area several blocks away from where I wanted to be, I managed to find a hostel and a place to stash my stuff for the night.

My intentions for the night were to go out salsa dancing...and this is exactly what I did.  Now, getting to the club which was quite an adventure...opting to take the BA bus.  I ended up getting to the club at 2:30 am...perfect timing for BA...rather late for me..oh well.  Long storey short...fun night, danced quite a bit, made it back to the hostel around 6am, left for the airport at 7, took off for Ushusia around 9.  So much for sleep.

I'll have to save the sightseeing for another time...maybe in a few weeks.